Cigkoftem, a Turkish vegetarian fast-food chain founded in 1993, opened its first U.S. location on East Ninth Street back in January ... as we first noted here. In any event, it closed some time in the past two weeks... and the space is for rent...

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We happened to be on University Place this past weekend ... and noticed that University Restaurant at East 12th Street was still fairly intact ...

Based on Local EV post I checked out Table Vert this weekend. Food was excellent and the chef/owner is clearly very passionate about creating tasty vegetarian food that even a non vegetarian like me (with many vegetarian friends) can enjoy. Excited to bring vegetarian friends and family there. Glad to have something like this in the neighborhood.

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